Ke$ha criticised for drinking her own urine on TV

Footage of the popstar tasting her own urine was due to air last night (May 21) in the US on Ke$ha’s own MTV reality show, Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life, but before the programme was broadcast the Parents Television Council warned viewers about the show’s “disgusting, vile content”, reports Billboard.

The Parents Television Council – which includes singer Billy Ray Cyrus on its advisory board – is a conservative advocacy group which favours censorship and seeks to bring what it perceives to be ‘family values’ back to the entertainment industry.

In a letter sent to its supporters, the PTC lambasted Ke$ha’s show and said: “Why should we have to pay for this kind of garbage just so we can get access to Discovery, Disney, or the Golf channel? It’s outrageous — and it shouldn’t be that way. Consumers deserve choice. We should all have the ability to choose and pay for only the channels we want to watch … but the cable industry won’t let that happen without a fight.”

Ke$ha previously spoke out about drinking her own urine, saying that it was “pretty gross”. In the Hollywood Reporter, she explained: “I’m also just one that doesn’t shy away from things. I’m not good at saying ‘no’ so I just figure, fuck it, I’ll try anything once. So I tried it. I wouldn’t recommend it. It was pretty gross. And I don’t think it really did anything very beneficial to me so, yeah, I wouldn’t probably do it again.”

Ke$ha has been added to the bill for this summer’s T In The Park. The festival, which takes place in Balado, Kinross between July 12-14 will be headlined by Mumford & Sons, Rihanna and The Killers. To check the availability of T In The Park tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0844 858 6765 .